"I'm disappointed like anybody, as both a fan and a manager. We weren't at the races and weren't at our fluent best. I didn't see that zip or spark we've had in the last 12 games. But we'll come back stronger.

"In 13 games, to have one defeat, the players have been magnificent. I'm not going to criticise them because they've played badly once in 13. I'm just as proud of them today as I have been the last 12.

"And, when you look at the first two goals, it was a wicked deflection off Darren Potter and an individual error by him which he's owned up for, so when you look at margins in a football match there wasn't a lot between us."